Her films like 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' meticulously deconstruct how past trauma fragments consciousness and manifests in disturbing, fragmented visual narratives.

Films such as 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' explore intergenerational trauma and grief with visceral intensity, examining how past family wounds rupture into present horror.

His slow-cinema approach in films like '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' unflinchingly confronts historical and personal trauma through prolonged psychological examination.